Carrier profile · USDOT 253615 · MC-179963 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Empire Express Inc
140 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 25 statesMEMPHIS, TN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-179963 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Network & Fraud
Reincarnation chains, shared-VIN links, common domains and officers, and owner-group affiliations — the chameleon / double-broker signals that name-and-USDOT lookups miss.
Last 12 months: 4 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers
VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3051417USDOT 3813076USDOT 3577289USDOT 580685USDOT 732512Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.
Show all-time history (65 trucks · 52 carriers)
Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2576801USDOT 3908663USDOT 4067949USDOT 652055USDOT 1154126USDOT 3748391USDOT 3750856USDOT 3051417
Shares a registration email domain with other carriers
@empireexpress.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3753172
Shares a company officer with other carriers
tim gatlin — 2 carriers: USDOT 3753172
Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units
Registered (MCS-150)140140
Observed (24 mo)142142
Shared w/ other carriers6565
Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.
Shared-VIN cross-links· units inspected under more than one USDOT
Showing the 40 most cross-linked of 65 shared VINs.
Owner / group view· confidence: email domain + officer
Owner / group view
Affiliated authorities
Collapses 2 related authorities · joined by email domain + officer
- Authorities
- 2
- Combined power
- 140
- States
- 1
- Oldest authority
- Dec 12, 1984
- Active now
- 2
- EMPIRE EXPRESS INC· viewingUSDOT 253615140PU
- EMPIRE LOGISTICS INCUSDOT 37531720PU
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